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Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency,Inc. (CWT) program.Also partnering in the effort is HC Workforce Development Veteran's Representatives, Goodwill Industries'Career Connections and Vocational Rehabilitation. SRCAA also solidified several other partnerships for both Rowan and Cabarrus County that include The Department of Social Services and several for profit entities to help meet the needs of participants such as: O'Reilly's Auto Parts(reduced rates on vehicle repair parts), and Homewood Suites(providing reduced rates for homeless families).These partnerships validate how relationships and collaborations between public-private and nonprofit organizations can address and reduce barriers to poverty for community residents. Finally, SRCAA is progressing towards identifying and partnering with already established Latino organizations in our two service counties and other non-profit and public entities that have Hispanic families as their consumers. Forums,advertisement,word-of-mouth,heritage and community events sponsored by SRCAA and other organizations will be targeted to increase and improve those partnerships with the goal of enrolling more Latino families. 5. Describe how your agency will establish linkages between governmental and other social services programs to assure the effective delivery of such services to low-income individuals, to avoid the duplication of such services and to fill identified gaps in services,through the provision of information, referrals,case management and follow-up consultations. Collaboration with our local Departments of Human Services, Divisions of Workforce Development, Rowan Helping Ministries,Cooperative Christian Ministries,Goodwill Industries,the Salvation Army,and various faith-based and nonprofit organizations,enables SRCAA to serve,refer and minimize the duplication of services. By attending committee meetings such as the Workforce Development Board monthly,staff are keenly aware of services provided by other agencies and organizations.An example of preventing the duplication of services is the utilization of Cooperative Extensions and Health Departments to provide food,nutrition and health service trainings.Goodwill Industries and Rowan Cabarrus Community College provide resume preparation,occupational skills trainings,and certification trainings to our participants in a collaborative effort to assist them. By continuing to collaborate with other human service agencies,this helps to close any service gaps in SRCAA's service areas. SRCAA is closing service gaps internally as well by making internal collaborations for dual enrollments more intentional. For example:Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act(WIOA) participants and Head Start parents who are eligible for CSBG services are enrollees of the program. Likewise, CSBG participant's eligible youth are enrollees of WIOA and Head Start. Internal staffs and external agencies consult and execute service strategies to ensure the needs of the families are met. In real time, there can effectively be several persons assigned to one family. By investing time in case conferencing,and strategizing,service duplication is eliminated,and the chances that families are less overwhelmed and able to achieve attainable goals in addition to meeting the requirements of multiple organizations are increased. 6. Provide a description of how your agency will support innovative community and neighborhood- based initiatives related to the purposes of the Community Services Block Grant(fatherhood initiatives and other initiatives with the goal of strengthening families and encouraging effective parenting). Fiscal Year 2017-18 Community Services Block Grant Application Attachment number 2\n Page 13 of 37 F-9 Page 116